Rappahannock Region Small Business Development Center (RRSBDC)
The Rappahannock Region Small Business Development Center (RRSBDC) helps
entrepreneurs and small businesses establish, manage and expand their organizations.
The RRSBDC provides expert, one-on-one, confidential counseling and research
services at no cost, and it offers seminars and training programs in all aspects of small
business management at low costs.
These services are available to any existing or start-up small business or potential
entrepreneur. The RRSBDC’s main office, located at the College of Graduate and
Professional Studies, serves clients from the city of Fredericksburg and the counties of
Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford and the eastern portion of Prince William.
The RRSBDC’s Warsaw office serves eight counties in the Northern Neck and Middle
Peninsula.
The training and seminars include the two-hour First Steps for Starting a Business
workshop; NxLeveL Entrepreneurial Business Planning, an advanced 14-week training
program for entrepreneurs and managers; and QuickBooks as a Management Tool
for Small Business. Other workshops and training programs include SBA Lender and
Government Procurement training courses. The “Coffee and Business Series” seminars
are presented by area business people and include Business Borrowing: A Lender’s View,
and Selling Strategies for Entrepreneurs.
The RRSBDC helps clients find loan guarantees and prepare loan packages. The
center also assists clients in locating manufacturers and trade associations, and it puts
entrepreneurs in touch with other sources of support, including local, state and federal
business development programs. The center maintains a library filled with reference
books, brochures, articles and forms of interest to small business. The RRSBDC is the
host of the Bay Area Business Network in Tappahannock, Virginia.
The RRSBDC was established in 1992 and is funded by the U.S. Small Business
Administration and the University of Mary Washington. For more information, call 286-
8060, or write to RRSBDC, College of Graduate and Professional Studies, 121 University
Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA 22406-7239. Send an e-mail to rrsbdc@umw.edu or visit
the web site at http://www.rrsbdc.biz.